Preview: Nokia 3610 Fold Phone

It’s been pretty quiet on the Nokia front, unless you count the unofficial N85 rumors. The latest news is the release of the Nokia 3610 Fold, a pretty simple low-end flip for the budget set. It’s like a cross between the Nokia 3555 and 6555 phones.

For starters, the 3610 Fold is a quad-band handset with a “sexy-back” fold design – meaning there’s a seamless transition from the front part of the flip to the back when the phone is fully open. The main display is a sort of roomy 2″ screen that supports up to 262k colors. There’s also an external squarish display that according to Nokia’s press release can show an analog clock, among other things.

The camera’s 1.3 megapixels, and has no flash. It does, however, have 6x digital zoom. Yippie.

Expect the Nokia 3610 Flip sometime in..wait for it…the third quarter of 2008. It’ll retail for 125 Euros ($186 USD) and it would not surprise me in the least to see this phone on Tmobile.